Mouarf (1980) - Peinture sur photographie ancienne (œuvre originale)

The Parisian gallery CHENUS LONGHI presents Le lac des absentes, an original work by The Mouarf, created in acrylic on an old photograph discovered in an abandoned château. It measures 30 × 30 cm and is framed in a floater frame.
The artist conjures up an imaginary female figure, whose blue ornaments, inspired by antique porcelain, evoke heritage and memory. As he writes, “each arabesque is a memory, each flower an absence she refuses to forget.”
This work embodies the distinctive nature of his approach: bringing together two memories, that of a document whose history has been lost and that of an invented character. Without erasing the past, The Mouarf gives it a new existence, where reality and imagination overlap.

· Comes with its certificate of authenticity;
· Framed in a floater frame;
· Carefully packaged;
· Shipped with insurance and tracking;
· If you live in the Paris region, you can collect the work directly from our gallery in the 11th arrondissement.

About the artist:
The Mouarf is a French urban artist with a background in photography and urban exploration. Initially a graffiti photographer, he turned to spray-painting around the age of thirty, developing a figurative world centered on the human figure.
For over fifteen years, he has explored abandoned places and collected photographs, documents, and antiques. On these historically rich supports, he paints imaginary characters, bringing together two memories: that of the original document and that of the painted figure. This approach gives new life to traces of the past.

Mouarf is part of the street art movement, alongside artists such as Vhils, Invader, Shepard Fairey, JonOne, Kaws, and Futura.
Texts and photos Copyright Galerie CHENUS LONGHI.